All our work, our whole life is a matter of semantics, because words are the tools with which we work, the material out of which laws are made, out of which the Constitution was written. Everything depends on our understanding…

Quote by Felix Frankfurter

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I came into the world a Jew, and although I did not live my life...

I came into the world a Jew, and although I did not live my life...

All our work, our whole life is a matter of semantics, because words are the...

All our work, our whole life is a matter of semantics, because words are the...

There can be no security where there is fear.

There can be no security where there is fear.

I came into the world a Jew, and although I did not live my life...

I came into the world a Jew, and although I did not live my life...

The real rulers in Washington are invisible, and exercise power from behind the scenes.

The real rulers in Washington are invisible, and exercise power from behind the scenes.

It is a fair summary of history to say that the safeguards of liberty have...

It is a fair summary of history to say that the safeguards of liberty have...

We forget that the most successful statesmen have been professionals. Lincoln was a professional politician.

We forget that the most successful statesmen have been professionals. Lincoln was a professional politician.

It must take account of what it decrees for today in order that today may...

It must take account of what it decrees for today in order that today may...

It simply is not true that war never settles anything.

It simply is not true that war never settles anything.

The ultimate touchstone of constitutionality is the Constitution itself and not what we have said...

The ultimate touchstone of constitutionality is the Constitution itself and not what we have said...

As a member of this court I am not justified in writing my private notions...

As a member of this court I am not justified in writing my private notions...

Freedom of the press is not an end in itself but a means to the...

Freedom of the press is not an end in itself but a means to the...

Judicial judgment must take deep account of the day before yesterday in order that yesterday...

Judicial judgment must take deep account of the day before yesterday in order that yesterday...

As a member of this court I am not justified in writing my private notions...

As a member of this court I am not justified in writing my private notions...

Fragile as reason is and limited as law is as the institutionalized medium of reason,...

Fragile as reason is and limited as law is as the institutionalized medium of reason,...

Freedom of the press is not an end in itself but a means to the...

Freedom of the press is not an end in itself but a means to the...

It is a wise man who said that there is no greater inequality than the...

It is a wise man who said that there is no greater inequality than the...

As freak legislation, the antitrust laws stand alone. Nobody knows what it is they forbid.

As freak legislation, the antitrust laws stand alone. Nobody knows what it is they forbid.

Law is merely the expression of the will of the strongest for the time being,...

Law is merely the expression of the will of the strongest for the time being,...

Law school taught me one thing: how to take two situations that are exactly the...

Law school taught me one thing: how to take two situations that are exactly the...